Treatment of depressive mood in schizophrenia with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine

Depress Anxiety. 2000;11(2):80-2. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(2000)11:2<80::aid-da5>3.0.co;2-7.

Abstract

Two patients with schizophrenia and depressive mood experienced remission in both their psychotic and depressive symptoms during treatment with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine. These case reports illustrate the antipsychotic clinical efficacy of quetiapine and its antidepressant effects in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and depressive mood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Depression / drug therapy*
  • Depression / psychology
  • Dibenzothiazepines / adverse effects
  • Dibenzothiazepines / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Quetiapine Fumarate
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy*
  • Schizophrenic Psychology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Veterans / psychology

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Dibenzothiazepines
  • Quetiapine Fumarate